See if the noise goes away when you remove your gas cap.
So I was doing an oil change yesterday and while draining the swingarm, I heard a constant bubbling sound. I traced it, as best as I can tell, to the fuel pump area. It seemed like a steady sound of air leaking into the tank but there was no sign of any fuel trading places with it.
I searched the forum and only came across one other post asking a similar question and relating it potentially to a faulty fuel pressure regulator but there were no replies to it. I can understand if the regulator is failing to hold pressure and bleeding it back into the tank, but that shouldn't result in air being introduced into the system. I thought one option may be the tank vent valve being blocked causing a vacuum in the tank, but I tested the drain line and its clear (got a nice little octane buzz in the process ).
My bike is a little stumbly around the 3000 RPM range but I have some troubleshooting planned to address that, just in case that may be connected.
Any thoughts from the experts?
Extra details:
2008 XB12ss
12,000'ish miles
K&N filter
Stock Exhaust & ECM
94 octane (Ethanol free)
See if the noise goes away when you remove your gas cap.
Probably just the gas in the tank cooling off while the bike sits during its oil change and pulling in air through the vent like it's supposed to. Meh, you have other things to worry about than worry about that.
What Outlaw said in different words
Last edited by Cooter; 05-10-2019 at 04:59 PM.
I've had 2 bikes that boiled fuel and it usually is a very faint bubbling, almost hissing sound. Its similar to when you heat up water on the stove, and the boiling just start. If its not negative pressure building in the tank, I'd check for overheating 2nd.
On my SS it was the rear head sensor that was failing, and the bike was overheating. The 1125 was just a hot beast. LOL
In some cases it will push fuel out of the breather tube and you'll see it dripping on the ground on the LH side of the bike.
Last edited by 34nineteen; 05-10-2019 at 05:14 PM.
Thanks guys.
34, what were your indicators of the failing heat sensor?
I overfilled my tank for the first time ever the other week.
Man, these things sure do make a ****load of noise and stink like hell while it's cooling off when that happens.
You can actually see the gas sloshing around, almost like waves on a beach.
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Don't feel bad, I did the same thing last week.
Sooo, a guy named FishTank is worried about a bubbling noise?
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